Advice please!
So I have joined the Vintage Socks (by Nancy Bush) KAL and have started this month's socks, the Gentleman's Fancy Socks. I have the Anne called for in the pattern, which I really wanted to use, but it is highly variegated and I think it is obscuring the pattern. Should I bag this? The Anne cries out for a pretty basic rib or stocking pattern, which this is...but I don't know. I need help deciding. In the book, the example is so pretty and differentiated and with my crazy yarn it just isn't as "fancy." Not bad, just not fancy. What do you think? Rip it?
I do have a mostly solid yarn from an ebay seller 
and one from sweetgeorgia yarns 
that could be alternates. Just would need to figure out gauge as these yarns are definitely not as fine as the Schaefer Anne.
Good things:
- I love the Anne. It is so nice to knit.
- I now know that I love Inox grays.
posted by Suzanne | 8/20/2006 11:18:00 PM
5 Comments:
Hi Suzanne. Whilst your yarn is gorgeous, I think you're right in saying it's obscuring the pattern. Sadly, I say "rip it".
I made a pair in March with red/blue yarn (pic on my blog if you're interested in seeing a different colourway). It was a standard 4ply/fingering/sock yarn and I used 2.25mm needles, if that helps you figure out your gauge.
I would rip it. (Easy for me to say now that I'm ripping out my Aran sweater back!) I agree that highly variegated yarns are best with a plain pattern, and that solids or lightly variegateds are best for patterned work.
The yarn is very lovely but it is hard to see the pattern. Maybe you could try the pattern with one of your other yarn choices?
I'm in agreement with everyone else, the variegation makes it difficult to see the pattern. A yarn with more subtle colorways would do better I think.
I agree that you can't see the pattern. That yarn is lovely though. Perhaps just use it for a scarf? You could make a rib stitch scarf. Otherwise, everything looks nice!
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